This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1997. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films
| Title |
Director |
Country |
Genre |
Notes |
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| All Over Me | Alex Sichel |  United States | Drama | |
| All the Rage | Roland Tec | United States | Comedy, drama | |
| Amor de hombre (Love of a Man) | Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra |  Spain | Comedy, drama | |
| Any Mother's Son | David Burton Morris | United States | Drama | |
| Anything Once | Dan Aeberhard | United States | Short, Drama | |
| As Good as It Gets | James L. Brooks | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | |
| Bent | Sean Mathias |  United Kingdom | War, drama | |
| Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story | Steven Hilliard Stern | United States | Drama | |
| Bocage, o Triunfo do Amor | Djalma Limongi Batista |  Brazil
 Portugal | Drama | |
| Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States | Drama | |
| Broadway Damage | Victor Mignatti | United States | Musical, comedy | |
| Chasing Amy | Kevin Smith | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | |
| Cholera Street | Mustafa Altıoklar |  Turkey | Drama, romance, crime | |
| Dakan | Mohamed Camara |  Guinea
 France | Drama | |
| David Searching | Leslie L. Smith | United States | Drama | |
| Defying Gravity | John Keitel | United States | Drama | |
| Der Schrei der Liebe | Matti Geschonneck |  Germany | Drama | |
| The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom | Comedy | |
| Green Plaid Shirt | Richard Natale | United States | Drama | Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Reeling Chicago Gay Lesbian Film Festival[1] |
| Hamam | Ferzan Ozpetek |  Italy
Turkey
Spain | Romance, drama | |
| The Hanging Garden | Thom Fitzgerald | United Kingdom
 Canada | Romance, drama | |
| Happy Together | Wong Kar-wai |  Hong Kong | Romance, drama | |
| Heads or Tails (J'en suis!) | Claude Fournier | Canada | Comedy | |
| Hold You Tight | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong | Romance, drama | |
| I Think I Do | Brian Sloan | United States | Comedy | |
| In & Out | Frank Oz | United States | Comedy | |
| In the Gloaming | Christopher Reeve | United States | Drama | |
| It's in the Water | Kelli Herd | United States | Comedy | |
| Kiss Me, Guido | Tony Vitale | United States | Comedy | |
| La fin de la nuit | Étienne Faure | France | Short, drama | |
| Latin Boys Go to Hell | Ela Troyano | United States | Romance, comedy, drama, horror | |
| Licensed to Kill | Arthur Dong | United States | Documentary | |
| Love and Death on Long Island | Richard Kwietniowski | United Kingdom
Canada | Drama | |
| Love! Valour! Compassion! | Joe Mantello | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | |
| Ma vie en rose | Alain Berliner | France
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United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | |
| The Man I Love | Stéphane Giusti | France | Romance, drama | |
| Mandragora | Wiktor Grodecki |  Czech Republic | Drama | |
| Martín (Hache) | Adolfo Aristarain | Spain
 Argentina | Drama | |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | United States | Crime, drama, mystery | |
| Navalha na Carne (Razor in the Flesh) | Neville de Almeida | Brazil | Drama | |
| Nowhere | Gregg Araki | United States
France | Comedy, drama, sci-fi | |
| A River Made to Drown In | James Merendino, Alan Smithee | United States | Drama | |
| Uncut | John Greyson | Canada | Comedy, drama | |
| Violet's Visit | Richard Turner |  Australia | Comedy, drama | |
| Wilde | Brian Gilbert | United Kingdom
Germany
 Japan | Drama | |
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